Conferences & Lecture Series
IAU hosts lecture series, symposiums, and conferences each term with speakers from the IAU Faculty, Resident Fellows, Visiting Scholars, local community leaders, as well as experts in fields relevant to the current events of the region. IAU strives to remain active and engaged with the academic and cultural community of the region, and one way to achieve this is by maintaining an open and up-to-date dialogue for the student population through events such as those listed below. Information and programs for these events can be found here on the IAU website. All IAU students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend and participate in IAU events, and many of these events are also open to the public as well as students from other local universities.
Spring 2023 Lecture Series
Fall 2022 Lecture Series
Fall 2021 Lecture Series
Fall 2019 Lecture Series
Summer 2019 Lecture Series
Spring 2019 Lecture Series
Spring 2019: 16th Annual Student Conference
Fall 2018 Lecture Series
Summer 2018 Lecture Series
Spring 2018 Lecture Series
Fall 2017 Lecture Series
Camus Symposium
Summer 2017 Lecture Series
Spring 2017 Lecture Series
Fall 2016 Lecture Series
Summer 2015 Lecture Series
Spring 2015: 12th Annual Student Conference
Fall 2021 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Museums as Agents of Change: How Art Can Increase Empathy"
Prof. Lisa Abia-Smith
University of Oregon
Wednesday, 15 September | 6:30pm
"French Concentration Camps and the Laboratory of Internment"
Dr. Gina Herrmann
University of Oregon/Camargo Foundation
Wednesday, 23 September | 6:30pm
Additional speakers TBA
Fall 2019 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Out of Place: the Environmental and Social Impact of Tourism in Rural Provence"
Dr. Joanne Kaufmann
UNESCO
Wednesday, 25 September | 6:30pm
"Traduction et Création: Limites et Libertés" (in French)
Dr. Aurore Guitry
Aix-Marseille Université
Tuesday, 1 October | 6:30pm
"Debating Cultural Identity: Contested Histories in Public Spaces"
Dr. Timothy Ryback
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague
Wednesday, 2 October | 6:30pm
"Threats to Native American Cultural Patrimony in France: A Diplomat's Education"
Professor Philip Breeden
American College of the Mediterranean
Wednesday, 9 October | 6:30pm
"Making Progress toward the MFA"
Violetta Miles, Nicholas Velleman, Alexandra Wheeler
The School of Art
Wednesday, 16 October | 6:30pm
"An Artist's Process"
Professor Nathan Huff
Westmont College
Wednesday, 6 November | 6:30pm
"It's All About the Artwork: The Marchutz Catalog Raisonné Project"
Denise Lemoine
Leo Marchutz Catalogue Raisonné
Tuesday, 12 November | 6:30pm
"Lire et Écrire son Parcours Plurilingue et Pluriculturel" (in French)
Dr. Noëlle Mathis
Institute for American Universities
Tuesday, 19 November | 6:30pm
"Hip-Hop and Social Change in Senegal"
Dr. Eileen McEwan, Dr. Paul McEwan
Muhlenberg College
Wednesday, 4 December | 6:30pm
"A Brief History of French Museums, from Yesterday's Royal Collections to Today's Cultural Centers"
Ms. Emilie Kassentini
Musée Granet
Wednesday, 27 November | 6:30pm
Summer 2019 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Defending Liberal Democracy: Macron & Merkel versus Savini & Orban"
Professor David Coombes
IAU
Wednesday, 12 June | 6:30pm
"Traduction et Création : Limites et Libertés" (in French)
Dr. Aurore Guitry
Aix-Marseille Université
Tuesday, 18 June | 6:30pm
"Illuminating Joyce's Finnegan's Wake: An Introduction by a Visual Artist"
Professor Daniel Johnson
Belmont University
Wednesday, 19 June | 6:30pm
"Five Surprising Connections Between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism"
Dr. Erica Ferg
Regis University
Tuesday, 25 June | 6:30pm
"The Parallel Lives of Two Modernist Women, L.M. Montgomery and Colette"
Dr. Catherine Clark
Averett University
Wednesday, 26 June | 6:30pm
"France and its Environment in the Literature of Provence and Beyond"
Dr. Jonathan Krell
University of Georgia
Tuesday, 2 July | 6:30pm
"'We Have Seen the Transformation of America Completed': How Foreign Policy Shapes American National Identity"
Dr. Paul T. McCartney
Towson University
Wednesday, 3 July | 6:30pm
Spring 2019 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Human Flourishing: Self-Renewal and Exploration of Personal Potential"
Major Hunter Grunden
Wednesday, 13 February | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"Être étranger: perspectives d'écrivains" (in French)
Dr. Sylvie Requemora-Gros
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 19 February | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"The Arc and Power of the Personal Essay from Montaigne to Zadie Smith"
Dr. Jennifer Delahunty
Kenyon College
Wednesday, 27 February | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"French for the Real World: Addressing the Enrollment Decline"
Dr. Deborah S. Reisinger
Duke University
Wednesday, 6 March | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"Cruel Acts with Charitable Intentions: the Poetry of Charles Baudelaire"
Dr. John Naughton
Colgate University
Wednesday, 13 March | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"Traduction et Création: Limites et libertés" (in French)
Dr. Aurore Guitry
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 9 April | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Seminar: "France: What's in a Brand?"
Student Conference
School of Business and International Relations
Friday, 12 April | 1:00 - 5:00pm
"Cannibalism as Necropolitics in Migrant Maghrebi Literature"
Dr. Taïeb Berrada
Lehigh University
Tuesday, 16 April | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"What is Philosophy?"
Professor Robert Duffy
Fordham University
Wednesday, 24 April | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Seminar: "Is Sustainable Business an Oxymoron?"
Student Conference
School of Business and International Relations
Friday, 26 April | 1:00 - 5:00pm
Spring 2019: 16th Annual Student Conference
Open to all IAU/ACM students, this conference is centered around the theme of "The New Threats to Democracy." Students will participate in lectures, debates, round table discussions, and workshops to frame the issues in context. RSVP by March 11th - more details are provided in the link above.
Fall 2018 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Human Flourishing: Self-Renewal and Exploration of Personal Potential"
Major Hunter Grunden
Wednesday, 19 September at
"Être étranger: perspectives d'écrivains" (in French)
Dr. Sylvie Requemora-Gros
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 25 September at
"Why Your Voice is Essential: Free Speech and the
Amy Anne Below, MAT
Wednesday, 19 September at
"Silicon Provence, The Tech Startup Ecosystem"
Amaury Kehlifi
Senior CTO, Out of Tech
Thursday, 4 October at
"Rewriting Prehistory"
Dr. Michael Lantelme
IAU College
Wednesday, 10 October at
"Mary Magdalene in Provence: Fact and Faith, Science and Art"
Prof. Fenton Johnson
University of Arizona
Tuesday, 16 October at
"Opiate-Addiction, Social Media, Fake News and the Rise of Illiberalism"
Dr. Todd Schack
Ithaca College
Wednesday, 17 October at
"Slow Fashion, Aesthetics Meets Ethics: Fashion and Sustainability"
Samantha Mureau
Director, TrendlineEurope
Thursday, 18 October at
"A Mediterranean Saint for Christians and Muslims: Saint George and al-Khidr"
Dr. Erica Ferg Muhaisen
University of Colorado Denver
Monday, 22 October at
"Identity and Liberation"
Dr. James Skelly
Central European University
Wednesday, 24 October at
"Plurilinguisme: choisir ses langues et stratégies d'écriture" (in French)
Drs. Muriel Cros and Noëlle Mathis
IAU College
Tuesday, 13 November at 6:30pm
Seminar: "Intercultural Teams and their Future"
Student Conference
Co-Sponsored by AIF/ITER/IAU/IAE/AMU
Thursday, 15 November at
"The Ever-Expanding, Wonderful World of Disney"
Dr. Katalyn Lustyik
Ithaca College
Wednesday, 21 November at
"Artistic Truth in European Philosophy"
Prof. Robert Duffy
Fordham University
Wednesday, 28 November at
Summer 2018 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"La Politique Environnementale de la France Après les Accords de Paris" (in French)
Dr. Sébastian Llorca
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 19 June at 6:30pm
"Resilience at Home and Away: Strategies for Adapting and Excelling"
Dr. Sue Wasiolek
Duke University
Wednesday, 20 June at
"Islamism in the Post-Arab-
Dr. William Granara
Harvard University
Tuesday, 26 June at
"Stolen Justice: The United States Supreme Court and Equal Rights"
Lawrence Goldstone
Author
Wednesday, 27 June at
"The Secret History of Joan of Arc"
Nancy Goldstone
Author
Tuesday, 3 July at
"A Mediterranean Saint for Christians and Muslims: Saint George and al-Khidr"
Dr. Erica Ferg Muhaisen
University of Colorado Denver
Wednesday, 4 July at
"Political Loneliness and America's Hidden Trump Supporter"
Dr. Jennifer Gaffney
Gettysburg College
Tuesday, 10 July at
Spring 2018 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Beyond the Paris Agreement: Sustainability by Subnational and Corporate Actors"
Sumin Sohn
EcoMotion Project Manager
Thursday, 8 February at
"Etre etranger: perspectives d'ecrivains" (in French)
Dr Sylvie Requemora-Gros
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 13 February at 6:30pm
"On the Infinitesimals of Human Movement in Tolstoy's War and Peace"
Professor Russell Winslow
Saint John's College
Wednesday, 21 February at
"Economic Development and Collaboration between Europe and Maghreb"
Nazim Sini
Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network
Thursday, 22 February at
"#Tagging Social Space: Graffiti and Resistance"
Dr. Christian Beck
University of Central Florida
Wednesday, 28
"The Colonial War Horse: Les Barbes meurent, mais ne viellissent pas!"
Dr. Osama Abi-Mershed
Georgetown University
Wednesday, 14 March at
"Urban Explorations: Photographing the Hidden Interiors of Industry, Infrastructure, and Community"
Professor Joe Elliott
Muhlenberg College
Wednesday, 21 March at
"The Climate is Changing: Food and Agriculture Must Too"
Materne Maetz
Senior Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Thursday, 22 March at
"Immigration and Nativism: Opened and Closed Doors in the U.S."
Dr. William Brustein
University of West Virginia
Tuesday, 27 March at
"Track II Diplomacy and the Evolution of Conflict Resolution"
Ambassador Cameron Munter
CEO and President of the EastWest Institute
Wednesday, 28 March at
"Plurilinguisme: choisir ses langues et strategies d'ecriture" (in French)
Dr. Muriel Cros and Noelle Mathis
IAU College
Tuesday, 3 April at 6:30pm
"Gender Discrimination: Intercultural Think Tank"
Student Conference
Organized by Professor Shawn Simpson
IAU College
Thursday, 5 April at
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Professor Caleb Thompson
Saint John's College
Wednesday, 11 April at
"Using Your Own Life to Write a Mystery"
Professor Jan Brogan
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Wednesday, 25 April at
"Can the U.S. Be a Force for Democracy in the Middle East?"
Dr. Mietek Boduszynski
Pomona College
Wednesday, 2 May at
Fall 2017 Lecture Series
IAU Main Hall
2 bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Divided We Stand: The Battle over Women’s Rights and Family Values"
Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill
University of South Carolina
Wednesday, 20 September at
"James Baldwin’s Escape from America and Exile in Provence"
Interview with Author Jules Farber
Wednesday, 27 September at
"Silicon Provence: Founders' Stories in the French Start-Up Ecosystem"
Dr. Amaury Khelifi
Senior CTO, Out of Tech
Thursday, 28 September at
"History as Palimpsest: Cross-Cultural Encounters along the Silk Roads"
Dr. Osama Abi-Mershed
Georgetown University
Tuesday, 3 October at
"Traduction et Création: Limites et Libertés"
Lecture given in French
Prof. Aurore Guitry
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 10 October at 6:30pm
“'To Look Again:' The Value of Revision in the Arts"
Ms. Valerie Miner
Stanford University
Wednesday, 11 October at
"The Climate is Changing: Food and Agriculture Must Too"
Mr. Materne Maetz
Senior Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Thursday, 12 October at
"Full Circle: U.S. Democratic Leverage and the Arab Spring"
Dr. Mietek Boduszynski
Pomona College
Wednesday, 18 October at
"Soirée Sourire: Smile Awhile with Albert Camus"
Theatrical Readings from Dr. David Walker and Vincent Siano
Institute for American Universities (at Salle Bruno Etienne, Sciences-Po, Place de l’Université)
Wednesday, 8 November at
"Plurilinguisme: Choisir
Lecture
Dr. Muriel Cros and Dr. Noëlle Mathis
Institute for American Universities
Tuesday, 14 November at
"Applying Cézanne’s Color in Installation Art"
Prof. Micaela Vivero
Denison University
Tuesday, 21 November at
"An American Entrepreneur in France"
Mr. Richard Harrison
Real Estate Investment Advisor and Developer
Thursday, 23 November at
"Professional Development in International Organizations"
Student Conference
ITER, Aix-Marseille University, Airbus, Occitane
Thursday, 30 November at
"Economic Development and Collaboration between Europe and Maghreb"
Mr. Nazim Sini
Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network
Thursday, 7 December at 6:45pm
Colloque « Le Sourire de Camus »
Institut Américain Universitaire
Aix-en-Provence, France
8-11 novembre 2017
Lever de rideau: ‘Soirée-sourire avec Camus / Smile a while with Camus’
Vincent Siano et David Walker
Lectures d’extraits de textes, en français et en anglais]
Mercredi 8, 18.30-20.30
‘Les sourires de Camus’
David H. WALKER (Université de Sheffield / IAU)
‘Le sourire sur les lèvres désespérées: le comique et le tragique chez Albert Camus’
Samara GESKE (Université de São Paulo)
Jeudi 9, 10-12.00
‘Le rire dans le théâtre de Camus ou le rire en clair-obscur’
Virginie LUPO (Lyon)
‘L’État de siège: spectacle aristophanesque ou «salade grouillante»?’
Vincenzo MAZZA (Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre)
‘Avec L’État de siège, l’humour camusien dans tous ses états’
Hélène RUFAT (Université Pompeu Fabra Barcelone)
Jeudi 9, 13.30-15.30
‘Fleurs de sourires dans la proximité de Camus’
Guy BASSET (Orléans / Université Sorbonne nouvelle-Paris III)
Jeudi 9, 16.00-17.30
‘L’Ironie chez Camus journaliste dans ses articles d’Alger républicain et du Soir républicain du 6 octobre 1938 au 1er janvier 1940’
Marie BRÉJON (Master, Paris 3)
‘Albert Camus, George Orwell et la dérision du langage obscur’
Théodore CAPONIS (Politiste, Corbel Consulting)
Vendredi 10, 10-11.30
‘Les écrits politiques de Camus: quand le sourire s’estompe’
Arnaud DERCELLES et Rémi BAUDOUÏ (Université de Genève / Fondation Le Corbusier)
'Se moquer de la philosophie, c'est vraiment philosopher. L'ironie philosophique d’Albert Camus entre Le Mythe de Sisyphe et L'Impromptu des philosophes’
Giovanni GAETANI (Université de Rome Tor Vergata)
Vendredi 10, 12.00-13.30
‘Le sourire du monde’
Agnès SPIQUEL (Présidente de la SEC; Université de Valenciennes)
‘Le sourire d’accueil dans les lettres’
Inès DE CASSAGNE (Alliance Française de Buenos Aires)
Vendredi 10, 14.30-16.00
‘La Tchécoslovaquie, pays du rire mal-entendu’
Martin RODAN (Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem)
‘Le «rire-sourire» chez Camus’
Anissa MANAI-ZAYAR (Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines, Tunis)
Vendredi 10, 16.30 –18.00
‘Un homme, ça s’empêche de faire des mines mais ça peut sourire: typologie des sourires masculins dans les récits de Camus’
Linda RASOAMANANA (Université de Mayotte)
‘Je(u) masqué : Humour et auto-ironie chez Camus’
Peter DUNWOODIE (Goldsmith Université de Londres)
Samedi 11, 10.00- 11.30
‘Enjeux éthique et esthétique du sourire ironique dans les textes brefs d’Albert Camus’
Mustapha TRABELSI (Université de Sfax, Tunisie)
‘L’Étranger d’Albert Camus, le sourire sur le front: un effet du grotesque’
Lamia OUCHERIF (ENS de Bouzaréah, Alger)
Samedi 11, 12.00- 13.30
Renseignements complémentaires : David.Walker@sheffield.ac.uk
IAU Main Hall
2 bis rue du Bon Pasteur
"Corporate Responsibility in Democratic Society"
Dr. David Silver
University of British Columbia
Wednesday, June 14,
“La France après l’Accord de Paris sur le Climat: Quelle ‘politique environnementale’?”
Dr. Sébastien Llorca
Aix-Marseille Université
Tuesday, June 20, 6:30pm, Lecture given in French
“Women in Politics in France and in the US”
Dr. Michele DeMary
Susquehanna University
Wednesday, June 28,
“How
Professor David Coombes
IAU
Wednesday, July 5,
Spring 2017 Lecture Series
"Van Gogh’s Ear: The True Story"
Bernadette Murphy, Author, Researcher
Tuesday, 31 January -
"L’Economie
Groupement des Entreprises du Pays d'Aix
Wednesday, 8 February –
Lecture
"Traduire La Voix: Textes et Personnages"
Professor Audrey Coussy, IAU
Tuesday, 14 February –
Lecture
"Harry Callahan: L’Expérience Photographique d’Aix (1957-58)"
Dr. Robert Pujade, Aix-Marseille Université
Wednesday, 1 March – 6:30pm
"Tourism Destination Management in Today's Political Climate"
Mediterranean Anglo-American Business Network
Wednesday, 15 March –
"National Identity and Violence"
Dr. Paul Arthur, Foundation for International Education
Thursday, 16 March –
"Albert Camus: From the Absurd to Revolt, via Exile"
Dr. David Walker, University of Sheffield
Wednesday, 22 March –
"Visiting the New and Open Iran: a Travelogue "
Dr. Guillaume Durand, IAU
Tuesday, 28 March –
"Jesus in the Qur’an and in Islamic Art"
Dr. Yumna Masarwa, IAU
Wednesday, 5 April –
"Choisir
Dr. Muriel Cros & Dr. Noëlle Mathis, IAU
Tuesday, 11 April –
Lecture
"President Trump: Raving Egomaniac or Master Negotiator?"
Philip Breeden, IAU
Wednesday, 12 April -
"69, Année Érotique: Swinging Mademoiselles, Cinema, Sexploitation"
Dr. Antonio Barrenechea, University of Mary Washington
Wednesday, 26 April -
"The Roma/Gypsies: France's Unwanted People"
Dr. Michel Lantelme, University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, 3 May - 6:30pm
Fall 2016 Lecture Series
"Silicon Provence: Founders' Stories in the French Start-Up Ecosystem"
Dr. Amaury Khelifi, Senior CTO, Out of Tech
Thursday, 29 September -
"Ethics in the Corporate World"
Professor Carolina Serrano, Institution d’Administration d’Entreprises, Aix-en-Provence
Monday, 3 October –
"Traduire La Voix: Textes et Personnages"
Professor Audrey Coussy, IAU
Tuesday, 11 October – 6:30pm
Lecture given in French
"An American Entrepreneur in France"
Richard Harrison, Real Estate Investment Advisor and Developer
Thursday, 13 October –
"The Climate is Changing: Food and Agriculture Must Too"
Materne Maetz, Senior Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Tuesday, 18 October –
"Behind the Scenes of the UK Press Coverage of Brexit"
Christopher Grimes, Financial Times Analysis Editor
Thursday, 20 October –
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Dr. Richard Lewin, Rollins College
Thursday, 27 October –
"The Rise of Euro-Trash Cinema: Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face"
Dr. Antonio Barrenechea, University of Mary Washington
Wednesday, 9 November –
"Passer
Dr. Noëlle Mathis, IAU
Tuesday, 15 November -
Lecture
"Moonlit Walks with Proust: Alterations of the Perceptible World"
Dr. Patricia Locke, St. John’s College
Wednesday, 16 November –
"One-Man Play: Stefan Zweig’s 'The Chess Player'"
Dr. Richard McElvain, Fitchburg State University
Wednesday, 23 November –
"Creation of ITER, A Cutting Edge Collaboration"
Moustafa Moteleb, ITER Organization
Thursday, 1 December –
"Making Films in the South of France"
Vassili Meimaris, Director, Paca Regional Commission
Thursday, 8 December –
"J.M.G. Le Clézio entre
Dr. Sylvie Requemora-Gros
Aix-Marseille Université
Tuesday, June 16 at
"The Aftershocks of Colonialism: A Look at Haiti"
Dr. Lori Willard
University of Colorado Denver
Wednesday, June 17 at
"Sex & Probability but Not the Probability of Sex"
Dr. Robert A. Hancock
Allegheny College
Tuesday, June 23 at
"Trespassing Literary and Political Boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula Novel"
Dr. William Granara
Harvard University
Wednesday, June 24 at
"The Third Way: Metaphor, Translation, and Travel"
Dr. Fred Robinson
University of San Diego
Tuesday, June 30 at
"Les 'Nouveaux' Défis de la Liberté de la Presse"
Professor Aboubakr Jamai
Institute for American Universities
Wednesday, July 1 at
Spring 2015: 12th Annual Student Conference
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